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Il Teatro d'Ercolano

Print
1783 (first published), 1800-1807 (produced)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate from a volume of plans and elevations of the theatre at Herculaneum.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleIl Teatro d'Ercolano (series title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Brief description
Plate from 'Il Teatro d'Ercolano', etching by Francesco Piranesi, first published Rome, 1783
Physical description
Plate from a volume of plans and elevations of the theatre at Herculaneum.
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 845mm
  • Volume width: 580mm
Object history
Bound in volume 19 of the 27 volume 'first Paris edition' of the works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published by his sons Francesco and Pietro Piranesi in 1800-1807.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Departmental notes
Collection
Accession number
E.4919-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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